December 27, 2011
Racing to Salvage Millions of Dead Trees in Texas
The Texas drought killed millions of trees this summer but only a small percentage will be salvaged for lumber or even wood chips according to state's Forest Service. And time may be running out.
"If you wait too long, they will not be suitable for most forest products. Decay will set in and the trees will become much less useful," said Burl Carraway, head of Sustainable Forestry at the Texas Forest Service office in College Station.
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